are undermining
- present progressive of undermine.
Example Sentences
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"Microplastics are undermining this natural shield against climate change. Tackling plastic pollution is now part of the fight against global warming."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2026
Recent U.S. data are undermining the crude excess story, with even last week’s big stock build in line with seasonal patterns, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2025
Delays, infrastructure gaps and personnel shortages to Britain's most advanced warplane programme are undermining the UK's warfighting capability, the public spending watchdog has said.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2025
Project opponents, they said, are undermining the right of the Coquille — and every tribe — to lay claim to its painful past.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2024
The state that neglects this prepares its own destruction; and they who train them in any other way are undermining it.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
